Ledge Mine

Occurrence in Franklin county in Vermont, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089890
MRDS ID W044164
Record type Site
Current site name Ledge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -72.6881, 44.8411 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST ENOSBURG, VT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

Vermont(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Hollow Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Mansfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Vermont Franklin

Comments on the location information

  • DOLL (1961) SHOWS A STEATITE POD 1.2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRILL AND CHAFFEE'S LOCATION. HITCHCOCK (1861) DESCRIBES A BED OF STEATITE 1 MILE TO THE NORTH.
  • Location From Morrill and Chaffee (1964).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MASSIVE TALC (SOAPSTONE).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Steatite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Hazens Notch Formation
    Rock description Hazens Notch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -72.6881, 44.8411

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD OR LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ULTRAMAFIC PODS ARE ENCLOSED BY THE HAZENS NOTCH FORMATION.
  • The Ultramafic Pods Are Enclosed By the Hazens Notch Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • MORRILL AND CHAFFEE REFER TO THIS AS A MINE, BUT EXTENT OF DEVELOPMENT IS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ULTRAMAFIC PODS CONSIST OF SERPENTINE PARTLY OR WHOLLY ALTERED TO STEATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 01-JAN-2003 L. G. Woodruff U.S. Geological Survey checked references; location; commodities; ore materials
Reporter 01-NOV-1985 McBean, Alan J. (Ratte, Charles A.) Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.